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CHEFFIN’ UP INSTRUMENTALS Heavily auto-tuned, Houston’s Travis Scott may seem just another robot-voiced rapper stretching his limited vocal range into a kind of soul music for the singularity: a casualty of modern pop existing in a focused grouped box that’s within a box and produced in a factory. Yet there’s an earthy charisma beneath the synthetic veneer of Scott’s wildly popular 2016 release, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. First, there’s the loping, whooping chain-gang backbone of “Way Back,” Scott testifying to the awesome spectacle of Houston Rock- ets star James Harden when he finds the range. And then there’s something of the old-time bluesman on McKnight album-track “The Ends,” a strongly narrative tale about a predator conning kids to their demise with promises of fame and fortune in the music biz. Scott growls: “I gave up on the Bible long time ago … I came up in the town, they were murderin’ kids/ And dumped them in the creek up from where I live,” and you can feel it’s true. Scott’s a natural storyteller. And throughout McKnight, the conceptual brio, future-leaning production and sweaty veracity put Scott in line, in the eyes of many, to be heir apparent to one-time collaborator and reigning hip-hop king of self-promotion, Kanye West. In fact, Scott recently broke his own world record performing his own song “Goosebumps” 15 times in a row, the kind of absurdist concept rap stunt that surely leaves West slapping his forehead like, “I’m losing my edge.” But for Scott’s fans, the rapper’s frenetic stage show and electric mic presence are what it’s all about. Scott was recently arrested in Arkansas for inciting a riot at his performance. He pleaded not guilty and was released without bail, proving one person’s riot is another person’s show business. Travis Scott brings his Bird’s Eye View Tour to Eugene alongside Khalid 8 pm Friday, June 2, at Cuthbert Amphitheater; the show is all ages and SOLD OUT, but in 2017 there may still be ways to score tickets to the areas most hotly anticipated show of the summer. — Will Kennedy SCIENCE FACTORY PLANETARIUM David Helfand & Justin Lader's "Through the Portal" CD celebra- tion—7:30pm; $15 TIME OUT TAVERN Downside Up—8:30pm; rock, n/c QUACKER'S Ladies Night & DeeJay—9pm; n/c WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke w/Sarah—9pm; n/c WOW HALL UO Green & Yellow Garter Bands farewell perfor- mance—7pm; pop, funk, pep tunes, $5 YUKON JACK'S Justin Case— 9pm; classic rock, n/c SUNDAY 6/4 AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke w/ Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Sassy Patty—7pm; n/c COWFISH Aaron Jackson—9pm; bass-house, club, n/c CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm; n/c THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy Patty—7pm; n/c HI-FI LOUNGE Battle Tapes w/ Rococode—8pm; electro dance rock, $7 JAZZ STATION Sunday Learners Jam hosted by Sean Peterson— 2:30pm; jazz, $5 don. LUCKEY'S The Broadway Revue Burlesque Show!—10pm; $5 MAC'S Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Show & Dinner Benefit ft. Skip Jones & The Spirit of New Orleans, Paul Biondi, John Swan & the Revelators, Daddy Rabbit, Kelly Thibodeaux & Etoufee, Soulicious—2pm; ticket includes BBQ chicken dinner, $25 MOE'S Stone Cold JAZZ w/Kenny Reed—6pm; jazz jam, n/c MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/ Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c OLD NICK'S American Forrest, Liz Unphair, TBA—9pm; indie, folk, $5 RIVER STOP RESTAURANT River Stop Sunday Jam w/Brian Chevalier—6pm; n/c SAM BOND'S GARAGE Olivia Awbrey w/Caitlin Jemma—7pm; folk-punk, $7 SCIENCE FACTORY PLANETARIUM David Helfand & Justin Lader's "Through the Portal" CD celebra- tion—5pm & 7:30pm; $15 SPFD HIGH SCHOOL Eugene Community Orchestra Concert— 7:30pm; n/c TSUNAMI BOOKS Guitar Master Brooks Robertson—7:30pm; $15 WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ Power— 9pm; n/c MONDAY 6/5 BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ Power—9pm; n/c BUGSY'S MondayBug—7pm; acoustic, n/c CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE Karaoke w/Dominic—8pm; n/c COWFISH Motown Monday w/DJ Kingsley Strangelove—9pm; soul, n/c THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Jim Jim & Sassy Patty—8pm; n/c FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE Open Mic—8pm; n/c HI-FI LOUNGE Kuinka w/Ezra Bell—9pm; indie-folk rock, $10- $12 LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz Logan Hyde!—10pm; open mic, comedy, n/c OLD NICK'S Irish Jam—6pm; n/c. Wizzerd, Stoner, Troll, Psyrup— 9pm; metal, $5 SHADOWFOX Soul & Blues Jam—7pm; n/c THE SHEDD Chamber Music Amici presents Janice Tipton & Allan Vogel—7:30pm; $5-$32 SPFD GRIDIRON BTM Karaoke— 8pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Songwriters Night (originals only)—7pm; open mic, n/c TUESDAY 6/6 5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Jesse Meade w/Dan Mahoney— 9:30pm; n/c BEALL CONCERT HALL Chamber Music on Campus—8pm; n/c COWFISH New DJ Revue—9pm; n/c CUSH Poetry Open Mic—7:30pm; n/c DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic night w/Brian Chevalier—6pm; acoustic jam, open mic, n/c THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm; Current hits, standards, requests, n/c HI-FI LOUNGE Reggae Night ft. Something Like Seduction w/ Resinators—9pm; reggae jam, n/c LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade— 9pm; n/c LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz Logan Hyde—10pm; comedy/ open mic, n/c MAC'S Roosters Blues Jam w/ Skip Jones & Byron Case—7pm; blues jam, n/c MULLIGAN'S PUB Steve Ibach— 8pm; acoustic, n/c O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Bluegrass Jam— 6pm; n/c OLD NICK'S Open Mic w/ Rooster—9pm; n/c SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bluegrass Jam—9pm; n/c SPFD HIGH SCHOOL Spfd HS Fine Arts Dept. presents Spring Choral Concert—7:30pm; n/c WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c WEDNESDAY 6/7 5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Karaoke w/ Slick Nick—9pm; n/c BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ Powers—9pm; n/c BREW & CUE Crystal Harmony Karaoke—9pm; n/c THE COOLER Karaoke w/Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c COWFISH DJ Smuve—9pm; hip- hop, n/c HAPPY HOURS Mama Jan’s Blues Jam w/Brian Chevalier—8pm; n/c HI-FI LOUNGE Funk Night— 10pm; funk jam, n/c ISLAND HUT Karaoke w/Jared— 5pm; n/c JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy Patty—8pm; n/c LUCKEY'S Wednesday Night Groove Sessions w/The Sunday Bump—10pm; funk, jazz, open jam, $3 MAC'S Gus Russell & Paul Biondi—6pm; jazz, variety, n/c MAX'S Lonesome Randall—7pm; rock n roll historian, n/c MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/ Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c MULLIGAN'S Open Mic—8:30pm; variety, n/c OLD NICK'S Grumbler, The Shifts, Password: Firebird, Novacane— 9pm; garage, indie, rock, $5 SAM BOND'S GARAGE The Donkeys—9pm; $5 SIDELINES SPORTS BAR Karaoke w/Mike—9pm; n/c WAYWARD LAMB Lipsync Battle—9:30pm; n/c WEST END TAVERN BTM Karaoke—9pm; n/c WHIRLED PIES Marcola School Student Recital directed by Tim McLaughlin—7pm; n/c CORVALLIS & THE REGION BOMBS AWAY CAFE — Corvallis FR Olivia Awbrey w/Brutal Bridges Band & Show Tigers— 9:30pm; folk-punk, $5 VOLCANIC THEATRE PUB — Bend WE Roy Zimmerman—7pm; ben- efit for KPOV Radio, $17-$20 NORTH COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE — Nehalem FR STEEL WOOL—7:30pm; $10- $12 100 YEARS CLUB 10PM FRIDAY, JUNE 2: PSYCHOTIC REACTION, MANCHINO, TBA ($5) (ROCK, GARAGE) 10PM SATURDAY, JUNE 3: BEADY MOONLIGHT, SACRED TREES, SCUZ BROS. 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